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The Le1isIatMre.

Pursuant to the Governors cd. ;ac Leg
islature of West Virginia met at H. i on
the Goth in extraordinary session. Both
houses promptly organized and a join COM
mittee was appointed to notify Gov. VIII
son that the Legs ature was ready for bus
mess. shortly after which a message from
the executive was received and read. The
Governor calls ,,tention to the fact that the
extra session Is So. 'led to make appropria-
tons to pay T., a5ers of the Legislature
and for salaries ol State officers; to regulate
the cost, charges and proceedings in crimi-
nal cases before justices of the peace and
circuit courts; providing for and limiting
the allowances for maintenance of inmates
in iail to provide for securing relief to the
people of this State as may be had from the
act recently passed by Congress entitled an
act to regulate commerce; to prohibit rail-
road companies from carrying or conveying
public officers over their roads free of charge,
or at a less charge than the usual rate for
other persons, and to abolish absolutely the
free.p system; to prohibit railroad COM
panies from carrying or conveying delegates
topoltical conventions over their roads free
of charge or at a less charge than is made
for all other such delegates to such conven-
tions. ard to define what shall constitute
political convention; to prohibit the use of
money, and all other improper, fraudulent
and corrupt means TO secure nominations
by political parties or election to public Of
fee; 70 provide for the acceptance aud con
firmation of the reports Of the joint boun-
darv commission on the boundary lines be
tween West Virginia and Pennsylvania; to
provide for establishing the boundary line
between West Virginia and Maryland; to
provide for establishing the boundary line
between West Virginia aud Virginia. for
the Senate to act upon executive nomina-
tons for office. Much of the Governors
message was 4 reproduction of Il former
message.
The free pass question was referred to the
committee on railroads, and that part of the
message referring to the excessive charges
i'm criminal eases was referred TO the judici-
airy committee.
In the House. a joint resolution was in
troduceaSaIM6 afternoon expressing the sense
of,the Legislature in regard to its duty in
| the matter of the vacancy existing in the
representation of this State in the Senate
of the United States. The resolution re-
cites the failure of the Legislature to elect
at the recent session of the Legislature, and
fixes Tuesday, May 3, as the day upon which
to proceed to fill such vacancy in the man
ner prescribed by the Revised Statutes OF
the United States.
In the House on Thursday bills were in
troduced to provide for the regulation OF
railroad freight and passenger tariff in this
State; to prevent unjust discrimination and
extorton in the rate charged for the trans
portation of passengers and freights, and
to prohibit railroaj companies in this State
from charging other than just and reasona-
BILE rates, and to punish the same, and to
prescribe the mode of procedure and rules
of evidence in relation thereto; also to APP
point commissioners and to prescribe their
powers and duties in relation to the same ;
a bill to prohibit railroad companies and
corporations from carrying or conveying
public officers over their roads free of
charge, or at less charge than The usual
rate for other persons; hill to prohibit
railroad companies or corporations carrying
delegates to political conventions over their
roads free of charge, or at a less charge
than is made for all other such delegates to
such conventions from the same point Of
departure to the same point of destination,
and to define what shall constitute politi-
cal convention. In the Senate a bill was
introduced to prevent fraud in nominations
BIZ political parties for public office; also Il
bill regulating the courts betorcjustces up
on the examination of persons charged with
l Z.